Seattle building permits issued, January 2026
Seattle building permits issued: 476 records in January 2026. Jump to the full CSV.
476records
–vs previous month
3categories
US$120,000median reported value
What the data shows
- The most common category was Building with 405 records (85% of the month); 3 categories appear in total.
- The area with the most records was 98115 (38); 28 areas appear.
- The busiest day was Tuesday 13 January with 41 records (issued date).
- 473 records (99%) carry a reported value of US$100 or more (smaller values are usually placeholders). The median is US$120,000, the 90th percentile US$800,000 and the largest US$49,170,235 (Demolition). Values are as reported by the city and can include data-entry errors.
- Status mix: Issued 272, Completed 194, Inspections Completed 6, Withdrawn 3.
Categories
| Category | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Building | 405 | 85.1% |
| Demolition | 39 | 8.2% |
| Roof | 32 | 6.7% |
Where records were located
| Area | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 98115 | 38 | 8.0% |
| 98117 | 32 | 6.7% |
| 98118 | 31 | 6.5% |
| 98125 | 31 | 6.5% |
| 98103 | 27 | 5.7% |
| 98119 | 25 | 5.3% |
| 98106 | 23 | 4.8% |
| 98101 | 19 | 4.0% |
Records per week
| Week starting (Monday) | Records | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 29 Dec | 24 | |
| Mon 5 Jan | 122 | |
| Mon 12 Jan | 130 | |
| Mon 19 Jan | 81 | |
| Mon 26 Jan | 119 |
Largest reported values
| Value (US$) | Date | Address | Category | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49,170,235 | 2026-01-12 | 1740 NW MARKET ST | Demolition | 7050655-DM |
| 49,170,235 | 2026-01-12 | 1734 NW MARKET ST | Demolition | 7050830-DM |
| 9,000,000 | 2026-01-05 | 501 W HIGHLAND DR | Demolition | 7096798-DM |
| 8,000,000 | 2026-01-29 | 1201 3RD AVE | Building | 7124673-BK |
| 6,000,000 | 2026-01-27 | 6015 NE WINDERMERE RD | Demolition | 7030583-DM |
Free preview: newest 25 records
| Date | Record | Address | Category | Status | Value (US$) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 6643017-CN | 4708 PUGET WAY SW | Building | Issued | 528,388 | Establish use as and construct new single family residence per plan. |
| 2026-01-31 | 6569292-CN | 4716 PUGET WAY SW | Building | Issued | 433,491 | Establish use as and construct new single-family residence with attached garage per plan. |
| 2026-01-31 | 6561681-CN | 4712 PUGET WAY SW | Building | Issued | 404,659 | Establish use as and construct new single-family residence with attached garage per plan. |
| 2026-01-31 | 7126468-BK | 401 1ST AVE S | Building | Completed | 60,000 | Construct blanket permit tenant improvements to Intracorp on the sixth floor of existing commercial building… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7117018-DM | 5452 25TH AVE SW | Demolition | Issued | 1,170,972 | Demolish existing one family dwelling per plan. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7096282-DM | 6515 NE 60TH ST | Demolition | Issued | 900,000 | Demolish existing one-family dwelling and accessory structure (green house) per plan. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7096281-CN | 6515 NE 60TH ST | Building | Issued | 878,670 | Establish use as single-family dwelling unit per land use code. Construct new 1-family dwelling per plan. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7106593-CN | 6531 A 52ND AVE S | Building | Issued | 517,514 | Construct southwest two-family dwelling per plan. Establish use as a two-unit townhouse with parking per land… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7099618-CN | 1925 4TH AVE W | Building | Issued | 400,000 | Construct substantial alterations to convert multifamily dwelling to two-family dwelling per plan |
| 2026-01-30 | 7000213-CN | 2101 4TH AVE | Building | Issued | 366,906 | Construct alterations to expand tenant control of entire floor 16 of in existing commercial office building p… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7101211-CN | 6529 52ND AVE S | Building | Issued | 334,990 | Construct northwest one-family dwelling per plan. Establish use as a single-family dwelling unit with (1) par… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7127249-CN | 88 VIRGINIA ST | Building | Issued | 300,000 | Construct non- structural interior alterations to condo unit 11 subject to field inspection STFI. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7087624-CN | 27 W CREMONA ST | Building | Issued | 296,688 | Construct SW one-family dwelling B per plan. (Establish use as single-family residences and townhouse per lan… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7087619-CN | 29 W CREMONA ST | Building | Issued | 292,083 | Construct NW one-family dwelling A per plan. (Establish use as single-family residences and townhouse per lan… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7087625-CN | 23 W CREMONA ST | Building | Issued | 281,132 | Construct middle one-family dwelling C per plan. (Establish use as single-family residences and townhouse per… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7127228-CN | 726 BELMONT PL E | Building | Issued | 250,000 | Construct interior alterations to existing condo 726 unit subject to field inspection STFI |
| 2026-01-30 | 7060115-CN | 5207 S HUDSON ST | Building | Issued | 250,000 | Construct addition and alterations to a single family residence throughout per plans |
| 2026-01-30 | 7125862-BK | 101 STEWART ST | Building | Completed | 135,000 | Construct blanket permit tenant improvements to Spectrum Development Solutions on the tenth floor of existing… |
| 2026-01-30 | 7098676-CN | 2114 NE MASON RD | Building | Issued | 124,009 | Regrade and restripe parking lots C12B and C12C and construct curb ramp per plans |
| 2026-01-30 | 7124609-CN | 110 BLAINE ST | Building | Completed | 107,000 | Construct interior alterations to SFR subject to field inspection STFI. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7122398-CN | 7510 15th AVE SW | Building | Completed | 78,957 | Construct alterations and addition for one-family dwelling subject to field inspection [STFI]. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7126668-CN | 5154 S CRESTON ST | Building | Completed | 70,000 | Interior alterations at existing single family residence subject to field inspection (STFI) |
| 2026-01-30 | 7110562-CN | 2344 HALLECK AVE SW | Building | Completed | 70,000 | Install push and helical piles to stabilize portions of existing one-family residence per plan |
| 2026-01-30 | 7126273-CN | 3549 NE 95TH ST | Building | Issued | 45,000 | Repair in kind damage from tree strike to one family residence garage subject to field inspection STFI. |
| 2026-01-30 | 7109899-CN | 903 DEXTER AVE N | Building | Issued | 35,000 | Construct tenant improvements for B-Small Restaurant [JUICE TIME] at ground floor of existing mixed-use apart… |
Source and licence
Source: Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (via data.seattle.gov), dataset Building Permits (76t5-zqzr) on data.seattle.gov.
Data retrieved 2026-10-24 11:59:15 UTC.
Licence: Public Domain.
Modifications by Open Registry Data: selected columns, renamed to a common schema, filtered by issued date, owner/applicant/contractor/inspector name and phone fields not downloaded, email-like and phone-like text in descriptions withheld entirely, personal-name patterns in descriptions (for example a surname before “Residence”) replaced with “[name removed]”, exact duplicate rows removed. Value is the estimated project cost in US dollars as reported; many trade permits carry no value. See all sources and licences and the methodology.
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